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Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl... by petercooper on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @04:28PM (#8993514)
Because it doesn't really matter anymore, it seems. Lots of established sites are on alternative TLDs now or at least began on them. I imagine the number of people who type in full domains to access a site each time nowadays without autocomplete coming up is very low.
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Re:Fundable Acquires Clarity.fm as Part of Its New Launch Pl... by tomtai on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @07:40PM (#8994607)
I think "it doesn't really matter anymore" is right on the money.

.co as a TLD was essentially built around tech companies and directly marketed to them.

Plus if we're honest - most of the time people Google for companies websites that don't autocomplete in their address bar...

As an OTT example: If I want to come to Hacker News I type HN into Google and its the top result. I type two letters and click one link vs typing 'news.ycombinator.com' (typing 'news' for me brings the BBC). If a startup has put thought into their branding then a full web address isn't needed to find them. For that reason .co isn't confusing to most web users these days.

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